Telehealth
Case studies of how hospitals and health systems are using telehealth to expand access and improve care in their communities.
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) yesterday introduced the Veterans Community Care and Access Act (S. 2184), legislation to transform the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system and better integrate VA services and community care programs.
The AHA today released a
Emerging Strategies to Ensure Access to Health Care Services: Virtual Care Strategies
The Federal Communication Commission today released a draft notice of proposed rulemaking and order that would update its Rural Health Care Program to meet the growing demand for broadband telehealth services. Among other changes, the draft order would waive the RHC Program鈥檚 $400 million cap on a鈥
From emergency department care to remote patient monitoring for chronic care management and access to care from specialists, telehealth is changing the way health care is provided 鈥- both expanding patient access to routine and specialty care while improving patient satisfaction and outcomes.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Friday discussed principles to guide the expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage. The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 requires the commission to report to Congress on how Medicare telehealth coverage might be expanded. During the meeting, commissioners鈥
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health鈥檚 use of telehealth services illustrates how necessity is the mother of innovation.The integrated delivery system turned to telehealth 25 years ago to bolster recruitment and retention of physicians in the more rurally remote regions it served.
The Department of Veterans Affairs today published a proposed rule that would allow any VA health care provider to provide telehealth services, within their scope of practice and in accordance with privileges granted to them by the department, wherever the provider or beneficiary is located.
Benjamin Van Voorhees, M.D., the University of Illinois Medical Center鈥檚 chief of general pediatrics, is teaching children coping skills through a combination of online learning and traditional counseling. He hopes a technology-based 鈥渂ehavioral vaccine鈥 can reduce the risk of mental illness for a鈥